John 10:20
Lots of them said, “He’s got a bad spirit in him. He is crazy. Don’t listen to him.”
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
In Context
19Again, the Jewish leaders didn’t agree with each other about Jesus’s message.
Cross References
John 7:20The people standing there said, “What are you talking about? Nobody is trying to kill you. We reckon you’ve got a bad spirit in you.”
John 8:47The people in God’s family listen properly to his words. But you are not in his family, so you don’t listen to him.”
John 9:28The Jewish leaders got angry with the man and said, “You are his follower, not us. We follow Moses.
Acts 25:19They only talked about things that some Jews believe, but that other Jews don’t believe. They argued about a dead man that Paul says is alive. His name is Jesus.
Matthew Henry on John 10:20-22
Sentiments Concerning Christ. 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? We have here an account of the people's different sentiments concerning Christ, on occasion of the foregoing discourse; there was a division, a schism, among them; they differed in their opinions, which threw them into heats and parties.… Read the whole commentary →